Sarasota family finds large gator in their swimming pool

Many Bay Area residents planned to spend the day by the pool for Memorial Day, but one Sarasota family was surprised to find that an alligator started the pool party a little early in theirs.

Sarasota deputies responded to a call in the Plantation neighborhood Monday morning after residents discovered a 7- to 8-foot gator in their pool.

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Florida Fish and Wildlife also responded to the scene, and a trapper is relocating the gator.

The sheriff's office says the female gator broke right through the screen.

The sheriff's office posted video on Facebook with the caption: "Because no two days on patrol are ever the same..."

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